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Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to impose sanctions against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence vote, piling economic pressure on Kurdish authorities after Turkish troops deployed near the main commercial border crossing.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tTurkey, home to the largest Kurdish population in the region, has warned that any breakup of neighboring Iraq or Syria could lead to a global conflict, and is due to prepare a formal response on Friday, three days before the referendum, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tErdogan said the Turkish cabinet and security council would discuss Ankara\u2019s options. They will \u201cput forward their own stance on what kind of sanctions we can impose, or if we will,\u201d he told reporters in New York, according to Anadolu news agency.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBut these will not be ordinary,\u201d Erdogan said.<\/p>\n

\n\tIraqi Kurdish authorities have defied growing international pressure to call off the vote, which Iraq\u2019s neighbors fear will fuel unrest among their own Kurdish populations. Western allies say it could detract from the fight against Daesh.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Monday, the Turkish Army launched a highly visible military drill near the Habur border crossing, which military sources said was due to last until Sept. 26, a day after the planned referendum.<\/p>\n

\n\tAround 100 tanks and military vehicles, backed by rocket launchers and radar, deployed in open farmlands near the frontier, guns pointed south toward the Kurdish mountains.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe military buildup hit the Turkish lira, which weakened on Tuesday beyond 3.500 to the dollar, before recovering on Wednesday to around 3.465. But it has so far had little impact on lines of trucks queuing to cross into territory controlled by the Kurdish Regional Government in north Iraq.<\/p>\n

\n\tunits operating from the mountains of northern Iraq, and limited detachments of Turkish infantry have made forays across the frontier in the past.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurkey stationed troops in Bashiqa near Mosul, ignoring protests from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, ahead of the military campaign to drive Daesg out of the northern Iraqi city.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnkara also sees itself as protector of Iraq\u2019s Turkmen ethnic minority, with particular focus on the oil city of Kirkuk which Kurds seized in 2014 as Iraqi troops retreated in the face of Daesh advances.<\/p>\n

\n\tErdogan said Kurdish determination to hold the referendum disregarded Turkey\u2019s support for KRG leadership until now.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe will announce our final thoughts on the issue with the cabinet meeting and national security council decision,\u201d Erdogan said. \u201cI think it would be better if they saw this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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